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General Category => Politics, Philosophy, News and/or Current Affairs => Topic started by: underclass on May 07, 2009, 10:20:39 AM

Title: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: underclass on May 07, 2009, 10:20:39 AM
Hobbits 'are a separate species' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036396.stm#id8030000/8037400/8037415)

This is really interesting. Although the bible tells us the earth is only 6,000 years old so the bones were probably just planted by angels playing silly buggers
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: Libertine on May 07, 2009, 06:37:13 PM
Indonesia has so many of the pre-Homosapien society relics some of the stuff is pretty amazing.  I remember barely anything from evolutionary biology in 11th grade, but this seems pretty cool.

I think it's a bit disingenuous to try to draw parallels between fictional midgets and an archaeological find, but the dude probably needs funding for his research and this is as good of way as any to draw attention to it.
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: ttfg on May 07, 2009, 06:44:00 PM
If this is the thing about the shortie who was found in a cave a few years back (maybe last year?) then I remember the flack the guys has gotten. There was some countercliams and what not.

to wiki !

Edit : It's further back than I thought ('03). Where did the years go ?? and no, havent watched the clip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis#Controversies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_floresiensis#Controversies)
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: Lothar on May 08, 2009, 02:48:01 AM
Actually the bible doesn't say the earth is 6k years old, it's the fundies that take everything literally.
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: taiko on May 08, 2009, 08:19:59 AM
Quote from: Lothar on May 08, 2009, 02:48:01 AM
Actually the bible doesn't say the earth is 6k years old, it's the fundies that take everything literally.
and that would be an "implicit versus explicit" conversation.
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: mosh on May 08, 2009, 08:21:39 AM
hobbit's, hey?

Enslave them!
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: taiko on May 08, 2009, 08:43:00 AM
Quote from: Mosh on May 08, 2009, 08:21:39 AM
Enslave them!
Too late!
We already killed them all.
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: underclass on May 08, 2009, 01:00:26 PM
with that O. ring?
Title: Re: J.R.R wasn't making it up!
Post by: taiko on May 08, 2009, 09:18:43 PM
Quote from: underclass on May 08, 2009, 01:00:26 PM
with that O. ring?
Nope.  That only killed 6 people, and a teacher.